dissection
AmericanOther Word Forms
- redissection noun
- self-dissection noun
Etymology
Origin of dissection
1575–85; < Latin dissectiōn- (stem of dissectiō ), equivalent to dissect- ( dissect ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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I watched Hilty for research but I quickly found myself caught up in her minute dissection and seemingly wild projection.
From Los Angeles Times
But, in borrowing the familiar format of making-of documentaries, DVD bonus featurettes, even episodic reviews or recaps, they insist on a vision of television as an art worthy of discussion and dissection.
From Los Angeles Times
It remains unclear whether the 27-year-old actually suffered from CTE, because the disease can only be diagnosed definitively through brain dissection.
From Los Angeles Times
Patchy approaches — “Rachel Getting Married” gets some dissection with minimal production detail, while “The Silence of the Lambs” gets extensive production detail with no film analysis — doesn’t help extract Demme’s thematic throughlines as a filmmaker.
From Los Angeles Times
Some find the film’s dissection of the economics of dating to be incisive, while others think it’s outdated and cold.
From Salon
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